Sentence examples for or proportionate from inspiring English sources

Was the intervention justified or proportionate?

There is nothing rational or proportionate about the deregulation the commission contemplates.

Damages claims of this magnitude do not appear to be necessary or proportionate.

But Grayling's draft order was "plainly not" a fair, reasonable or proportionate exercise of that power, said Pannick.

It's the edited highlights of how our little subspecies came about and there's little that's balanced, even, democratic or proportionate about it.

The Metropolitan police abandoned its attempt to strike out the women's lawsuit after conceding that the move was neither "appropriate or proportionate".

Future work comparing child and adolescent response to the DST would benefit from the consistent (or, best, physically proportionate) application of dexamethasone dose.

"If a qualifying shareholder does not take up any of his or her open offer entitlement, his or her proportionate ownership and voting rights in the company will be diluted by 23.2 per cent by the issue of the new ordinary shares".

The word "rational" is close to the word ratio, or being proportionate.

"As with other weapons that cannot discriminate or be proportionate, children will be among the victims.

Even then, he said, the tenant can charge a roommate no more than his or her proportionate share of the legal rent.